The Purdue Northwest ACHA D2 Men's Hockey Team continued its perfect start to the season, sweeping a two-game series against Marian University. The Lions earned a hard-fought 3–2 victory on the road Friday before returning home to The Kube on Saturday and holding off the Sabres, 4–3.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (4-0)
• Locations: Road at Marian University & The Kube, Hammond, Indiana

Game One (W, 3-2)

Inside the Numbers

• Purdue Northwest goaltender senior Luka Krstulovich earned the win, stopping 19 of 21 shots in a full 60-minute performance.
• The Lions received goals from senior Jared Topil, senior RJ Swaw and junior Collin Kozijn.
• Freshman Jaxson Armstrong, senior Savva Verbetskii and senior Sean Curtin each recorded an assist.
• Purdue Northwest outshot Marian 49–21 and converted once on two power-play opportunities.
• The Lions held Marian without a goal during the third period to secure the one-goal victory.
  The Breakdown
• Marian opened the scoring at 2:32 of the first period before Purdue Northwest answered at 11:40 when Topil scored a power-play goal with assists from Armstrong and Verbetskii.
• Marian regained the lead 1:25 into the second period, but the Lions responded at 16:07 when Swaw scored a power-play goal to even the game at 2–2.
• Purdue Northwest took the lead for good at 3:57 of the third period when Kozijn found the back of the net with an assist from Curtin.
• Krstulovich turned aside all four Marian shots in the third period, while the Lions defense protected the one-goal advantage to finish off the 3–2 road victory.

Game Two (4-3)

Inside the Numbers

• Krstulovich earned his second win of the weekend, stopping 16 of 19 shots in another complete-game performance.
• The Lions received goals from Curtin, junior Nate Cheney, Kozijn and junior Gabriel Santa Maria.
• Senio JT Verdino, sophomore Brayden Mitchell, sophomore Pellegrino Pescatore, Swaw, Curtin and senior Tyson McCaig each recorded an assist.
• Purdue Northwest held a 44–19 advantage in shots on goal and converted once on its lone power-play opportunity.

• Purdue Northwest opened the scoring at 5:26 of the first period when Curtin scored off an assist from Verdino.
• Marian answered with a power-play goal at 17:37, sending the game into the first intermission tied at 1–1.
• The Lions regained the lead at 11:03 of the second period when Cheney scored with assists from Mitchell and Pescatore.
• Marian answered just 44 seconds later to tie the game again, but Purdue Northwest responded at 16:52 when Kozijn scored a power-play goal off an assist from Swaw, giving the Lions a 3–2 advantage heading into the third.
• Marian tied the contest once again at 4:00 of the third period, setting up a dramatic finish at The Kube.
• With just 1:03 remaining in regulation, Santa Maria delivered the game-winning goal, scoring off an assist from McCaig.
• Krstulovich and the Lions defense shut the door during the final minute, securing the 4–3 victory and completing the weekend sweep of Marian.

• The Purdue Northwest ACHA D2 Men's Hockey team now takes on Wisconsin in a home-and-home series starting on Friday, October 2.